Human capital formation and business cycle persistence

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-92

  Perli, Roberto ^a   Sakellaris, Plutarchos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

E10; E32; Equilibrium business cycles; Human capital; J24; Low elasticity of substitution; Persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002071777     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3932(98)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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